The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1887-12-31
Local Lights.


Judge James f. Mouton, and family |
spend the holidays in the crescentcl
To-day is the last day for the tax pay
ers TO settle their taxes without costs.
Fire wood is so scarce in town that II
cannot be had at any price.
VIM. Wade, the black doctor, implica-
ted in the Jacob Simon murder case was
admitted to 800 bail Wednesday.
When your girl goes back on you call
or the Belle of Anderson, at B. Audi
bert.
The Mikados made struggle for life
but did not succeed, and Of course, that
calico ball did not take place.
We have a miniature lake on the
church lot. i'm front of our office. 1t Is
the rendezvous of the geese and ducks.
We had new typo last week. he is
not an early riser, he did no: see the
freeze and made it breeze.
We omitted by inadvertance in our
Nichols colum last week, the gallant
parish of Iberia and its eleven votes.
A constant stream of people flowed
from Labbe's drugstore the entire week,
loaded with presents of all kinds.
Miss Corinne Fleming after spending
nearly two months with friends at Opel
ousas. returned home on Christmas
day.
The Sunday law has no effect on Christ
mas and New Year and our merchants
ought to open their stores and sell holi-
day goods.
Some of the colored boys got the best
of the sunday law on Christmas, they pro-
yided for the occasion, went on HI OF
a drunk, and carried the jug along.
/ We remarked last monday several no.
! ses whic ch were out of shape and some
} with piece missing and yet, it was bull
ly time.
The Belle of Anderson will play AZ
.. important part tonight and tO-rhor-
row.
The children say Liable & Son are
business men, they know how to buy
good things, and that sells like no
, cakes too.
The Police Jury meets Monday, vii
c they see about the lamps to be placed ol
:. the bridge, and to the dangerous condi-
}, ton of the bridge on the SprOule Canal
Gov. McEnery has signed the deaf
warrant of james Cornelius, cOnvicte
of murder in Webster parish, and fixe
the 3rd. day of February next for hi
= exc cutiOn.
IS AtGp. m. Tuesday evening ateleSrar
+ announced a falling of 20 degrees in tn
l. temperature from that time to a. nj
,e Thursday, and the cold wave came
= due time.
10 A shooting scrape took place ne;
rs Duchamps station between two negrO'
"a named Francis Lorince and Charl'
l. Jacauet, last Saturday. Lorince WI
seriously wounded. No arrest WI
made.
e. Oh, how sweet. The Belle of Ande
son Whiskey.
~ We will from this date send lar:
IS number of sample copies to our frien
W and citizens of this and other parish'
III those receiving them not wishing to b
VI come subscribers will please return sai
Ill with the word ''refused." Our subscrl
I'll ton rate is the low price Of one doll
~ year.
m We are sorry to see that the color
est people who composed the Home Ito
nd and Ladder Co., could not meet I
mt obligations of the company and tn
NO truck was seized and sold.
In. We believe their inability to M
,ro- these obligations was the bad manas
md ment of the company at its start,
tot president was bad officer, had full CT
he troll of the company and went into de
ork which were beyond the means OF
,ro. members. We regret this as the me
It's. bers were we'll equipped, and strong
ont died men, and hard workers.
to We hope they will make an effort
in succeed in making arrangements and
h,y tbeir Dretty little tuck.